UNITY — A women’s environmental leadership program at Unity College will honor president and co-founder of the Institute for Humane Education Zoe Weil of Surry with an award at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 10, at the Unity College Centre for the Performing Arts.
March 2012
Property tax relief applications available
WINSLOW — Applications for local property tax relief are available at the assessor’s office and are due Sunday, April 1.
Swapping fashion for shelter
SKOWHEGAN — A fashion show to benefit the women’s homeless shelter in Solon isn’t just about women helping women, the organizers say — it’s about people helping people.
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Flip ya for it:Paper or $1 coin?
As of December, the U.S. government is no longer in the business of minting $1 coins with the faces of U.S. presidents on them, except a limited number for collectors.
Fair provides students financial crash course
SKOWHEGAN — Ramen noodles or steak and potatoes?
Tour could bring 2,000 cyclists to Maine
WATERVILLE — About 2,000 bicyclists would pedal more than 600 miles of coastal and inland Maine next year, starting and ending in Waterville, if plans for the Grand Tour Desjardins come to fruition.
COMMENTARY: 20 lessons from 2012
This primary season has been long — so long, in fact, that it’s easy to forget all the ups and downs and political lessons learned.
Police: Raids find pills, cocaine, pot
Two men were arrested on drug charges after separate search warrants were executed in Skowhegan and Norridgewock on Tuesday.
MAINE COMPASS: District energy may have a warm future in Central Maine
District energy involves the centralized production of heating and/or cooling services and increasingly includes the generation of electricity as well.
Legislation takes aim at copper theft
AUGUSTA — As brazen thieves break into homes to steal copper almost within the shadow of the State House, Maine lawmakers are taking steps to put more muscle in the law that’s aimed at discouraging metal thefts and tracking down unscrupulous sellers.